Australian flag redesign.

I set out to create a flag that represents this beautiful country as a whole, many flags have been put forward that just a mish mash of all our current flags together. I think it is a great opportunity to go as far away as possible and make a new flag that includes everyone.

In the recent years Australia has been met with harsh commentary from both sides, regarding the the representation and inclusion of indigenous people.

The inclusion on the Union Jack has been debated for years, due to Australians feeling like we stand strong enough to not have someone else’s flag represent us. The southern cross has adopted some unfortunate connotations and is seen by many as trashy symbol in the form of leg tattoos and bumper stickers.

This is the aboriginal flag, a very well designed image that represents the original owners of this land. Unfortunately due to hate, racism and prejudice people push it away meaning it could never become our national flag.

Many attempts at creating a new flag seem to miss the idea of simplicity, look at international flags that represent countries and see that the keys to a strong flag are bold complimenting colours, simplicity, memorability and most importantly NO TEXT.

These were a few different ideas I threw together, I wanted to not only show unity but also the country itself.

This is the flag I decided on, a colour for each state and territory. The green and gold is for our international sports colours, shown in the olympics. The black and red acknowledges the aboriginal heritage, with the red of the sand and the black of the night sky. The white represents the ACT (Australian capital territory) not only the smallest territory but also the home of Australian parliament. And finally the blue of the ocean surrounds the colours just like the country itself, as the National anthem states “our home is girt by sea” (girt: to surround) thank you for reading. I know this problem probably doesn’t concern most of you but I just wanted to share :)